Bonnie Stewart

Coordinator of Adult Teaching & Professional Learning University of Prince Edward Island

  • Charlottetown PE

Dr. Bonnie Stewart researches social media's intersection with education & professional development, & leads digital strategy in education.

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Biography

Bonnie Stewart is an education researcher and practitioner fascinated by who we are when we’re online. Coordinator of Adult Teaching and Professional Learning at the University of Prince Edward Island, Bonnie leads digital strategy and professional learning initiatives.

Her research focuses primarily on digital literacies, networked scholarship, and the intersections of knowledge and technologies. A networked educator who began working in online education in the 1990s, Bonnie was involved with Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) research in its early Canadian incarnations. Bonnie has published in Salon.com, The Guardian UK, and Inside Higher Ed in addition to a variety of peer-reviewed venues, and he does her best thinking aloud on Twitter as @bonstewart.

Industry Expertise

Education/Learning
Social Media
Media - Online
Writing and Editing
Program Development
Professional Training and Coaching

Areas of Expertise

Social Media
Education
Higher Education
Twitter
Digital Strategy
Digital Pedagogy
Professional Learning

Accomplishments

Hessian Award For Excellence in Teaching

2016-05-05

I was one of four 2016 recipients of the University of Prince Edward Island's Hessian Award for Excellence in Teaching. This annual award requires nomination by students and supervisors, and evaluation by peers.

Education

University of Prince Edward Island

Ph.D

Educational Studies

2015

Dissertation title - Scholarship in Abundance: Influence, Engagement, and Attention in Scholarly Networks

Media Appearances

The Decay of Twitter

The Atlantic  print

2015-11-02

My informal work (since published in peer-reviewed formats) forms the backbone of Meyer's argument here about what changed in Twitter in 2014, and how emergent tactical practices are shaping the social environment.

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Social Media Panel on Online Shaming

CBC  radio

2015-05-20

I contributed to a two-person CBC radio PEI panel about the increasing intersection of social media mob practices and real-life consequences, including job loss.

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Students in PEI Enjoy Chance to Teach Future Teachers

The Guardian PE  print

2014-03-29

Coverage of my 2014 Communications class project at UPEI, wherein we partnered with a class of local junior high students who were learning to blog, in order to practice formative evaluation and varying public and private forms of learning feedback.

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Event Appearances

Keynote - Digital leadership: A primer for open academics.

Digital Learning Innovators’ Program  LaTrobe University, Melbourne Australia

2016-10-28

Keynote - Connecting beyond content: The impact of the digital on higher ed

#T3: Transformative Teaching Through Technology  St. Norbert College, DePere, WI

2016-06-07

Keynote - Beyond the institution: Networked professionals and digital engagement in higher education

CAPAL, 2016 Congress of the Social Sciences & Humanities  University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

2016-05-30

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